Music-turner.



A. J. YAKLICH.

MUSIC TURNER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5,1916.

Patented'June 5, 1917.

ANTHONY J. YAKLICH, OF ST. PETER, MONTANA.

MUSIC-TURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 5, 1917.

Application filed June 5, 1916. Serial No. 101,824.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY J. YAKLIOH, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Peter, in the county of Cascade, State of Montana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Music-Turners; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention is directed to improvements in music leaf turners,and has for its object to provide a device of this character which canbe attached to the piano and operated by pedals to turn the leaf.

A further object of the invention is to provide a music leaf turnerwhich is exceedingly simple in construction and one which can beoperated by the player without necessitating the removal of the fingersfrom the keys.

With these and other objects in view this invention resides in the novelfeatures of construction, formation, combination and arrangement ofparts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a. front elevation of apiano showing the device in place thereon.

Fig. 2 is a rear view.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. v

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 44 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a detail view, partly in section showing the pivotalconnection of the fork carrying arm.

Referring to the drawing 1 indicates a bracket which is secured to theback board 2 of the piano, said bracket being provided with a conicalsocket 3 for rotatably receiving the conical head 4 formed upon thelower end of the tube 5, said tube having fixed thereto a pulley 6 thepurpose of which will appear later.

Having their inner ends pivotally connected to the bottom of the piano 1are pedals 7 which have their outer ends extended so that the player canreadily engage the same with the feet when it is desired to operate thedevice.

Adjustably connected to the tube 5 is a rod 8, the upper end of whichterminates in a horizontal arm 9 which normally extends across the topof the piano and has pivotally connected to its forward end the arm 10,the lower end of which being provided with the fork 11, the tines ofwhich receive therebetween the music leaf so that when the arm 10 isswung the leaf will slide between said tines.

Each pedal has connected thereto the outer ends of the cords 12, theinner ends of said cords being wound upon the pulley 6 in oppositedirections and secured thereto in any suitable manner.

Fixed to the back board of the piano are plates 13, each plate having ahorizontal arm 14 which has its rear end provided with an eye 15, saideye being engaged by the rod 8 and tube 5, which serve to hold the samesteady.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that upon pressing uponone of the pedals that the tube 5 will rotate in one direction, and uponpressing on the other pedal the tube will rotate in the oppositedirection, thereby turning the leaf which is engaged by the fork 11 inthe desired direction.

What is claimed is A music leaf turner comprising a bracket to beconnected to a piano, two pedals pivotally supported by the bottom ofthe piano, a bearing carried by the bracket, a tube having its lower endjournaled in the bearing, a pulley fixed to the tube, two cords eachhaving one of their ends connected to one of the pedals and their otherends wound in opposite directions on the pulley and secured thereto, arod adjustably connected to the tube, a horizontal arm carried by theupper end of the rod, a second rod pivotally connected to the forwardend of said arm and having a fork carried thereby for engaging a musicleaf, said pedals being adapted for successive operation to turn thetube and thus the music leaf in opposite directions.

In testimony whereof, I alfix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

ANTHONY J. YAKLICH.

Witnesses:

R. G. RUMNEY, O. E. HOLMBERG.

Gopies of this .patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. U.

